Egg crate



C. N. ERUHN EGG CRATE Filed Sept. 25. 1922 il O proved fastening devices., in said l? .i ineriea, and a resident of Cedar llhills..I llael; l-lawli Coinity, loira, have invented Certain new and useful iiiproveinents ii i' Crates, olVA which the following is a speeilieation,

lily invention relates to in'ipioveinents in egg erates and Ythe like, and the object of niy iinliroveiiient is to furnish a loov-lile crate lnrving an open side, adapted to receive and hol?. tiers ot card-board cellular sections tor holding eggs, permitting the reinoval or" the sections sioeivise instead oli' at the top, and having a closure for said open side, with easily separable 'histening devices to secure said el osure in place removably.

'lliis object has heen attained hy the ineens which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in til. e accompany# ing drawing]t in which l? l and Q are re speetive-ly perspective views oli' iny iniiiroved oratie, with the dosare shown and as 'tasteiild in platee oy iny iinremoved in 'l Vinitial type and construction, having an elongated torni, with ends i, top 2, liottoin- 3 and rear Side 4f, all rigidly secured together, and having a vertieal medial partition 8.l rlllie forward side or Closure 5 1for the open side is a tlat board having' a vertical rouY ol" horizontally elongated slots i), and having each end notched to `provide vertically spaced horizontally elongated recesses i() which are similar in size to said slots S).

The partition 8 divides the interspaoe olf the crate into two equal spaces, and in each corni tinent thus provided is placed e vertical tier of cellular Card-ecard egg-holding sections (n which may he removed singly sid/ew 'through the open side oit the crate, by ineens oit an. improved scoop and eliinil ing; holder shown in a eo-Qending applicartion.

rllie iur-ans lloi removably fastening the ,closure 5 in pla e are thus described. The

numeral 7 denotes un L soreiv-eyes lired in vertilnieiiient in the partition 8 and also n the :eide e( ot the ends l.

lllhese s: few-eyes pass through the oppoetely posi ioned notches l() and slots 9., the

'oi-ej actin a little outwardly of the llendahle nietal i* mls ll have their Zipper ends headed or bent into rings lil and ire passed deivnwi/rdly through the eyes of sait eereivAY n 's i outsite ot the closure 5 but in contact therewith, and trie lower ei:-

lliis method et Construction oif an erzile not illy eonduees to Convenient re-A inoval olf' the celluler eegliolflrnfs9 hut the itasteniiug rods :ire accesible :tor removal,

yet do not proieet enough to eateh in sur roundiu olijertsr, and are ineioensive iii construction and .in zsseiiihlage lsl'avinx@iv deserihed iiiy invention, What l claim as new and desire to secure by liet- '1 ipatent, is:

A rate lnifviiiyh` one longitudinal Side open and havingA pertition leading to the open suien a elo` Je plete for Said open side having l partition edge i row of openings and li ving?- over each :iliuttini end edge oi" Vthe crate a row olf lenqitudinal end recesses screw-eyes inserted in kaid partition and in :said crate edges traversing said openings and said reeesses reepeotively rith their eyes e2;- tending hey iid the outer tace oit the closure plate, and rods passed through the rows of said eyes, each rod having` a head Wider than the opeui in the abutting; eye. and the other end ot each rod beine; heodahle about the abuttingv eye to removably secure it in place. y

Signed at lilateroo, lowa, this 23d day 0i August., 1922.

ClllSTL/ill NESSEN BRUHN. 

